Reza Ahammed

Reza Ahammed is the member of parliament (MP) in the 13th Parliament for Kushtia-1 (Daulatpur). Elected as the candidate nominated by the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party), he is serving his second term as an MP. He is better known as Bachchu Mollah.

He was born on 3 October 1959. His father, Ahsanul Haque Mollah, was a four-time MP and State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications from 2001 to 2003. His mother is Begum Maleka Parvin. By profession Reza Ahammed is engaged in business and agriculture.

In the 2004 by-election for the Kushtia-1 seat, left vacant by his father's death, he was first elected MP as the BNP candidate with 81,587 votes, and served from 1 March 2004 to 27 October 2006. In the party he is a member of the BNP's national executive committee. He has also served as vice-president of the Kushtia district BNP and as president of the Daulatpur upazila BNP.

In the election held on 12 February 2026 he was elected MP for Kushtia-1 for the second time, with 165,909 votes under the sheaf of paddy symbol. According to Wikipedia, in this election this was the BNP's only winning seat in greater Kushtia, the region made up of Kushtia, Meherpur and Chuadanga.

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